Typhlodromalus peregrinus (Muma)

de Souza, Izabel Vieira, Sa Argolo, Poliane, Junior, Manoel Guedes Correa Gondim, Moraes, Gilberto Jose de, Bittencourt, Maria Aparecida Leao & Oliveira, Anibal Ramadan, 2015, Phytoseiid mites from tropical fruit trees in Bahia State, Brazil (Acari, Phytoseiidae), ZooKeys 533, pp. 99-131 : 114-115

Taxon classification Animalia Mesostigmata Phytoseiidae

Typhlodromalus peregrinus (Muma)

Typhlodromus peregrinus Muma, 1955: 270.

Typhlodromalus peregrinus : Moraes et al. 2004: 202.

Typhlodromalus peregrinus : Chant and McMurtry 2007: 111.

Specimens examined.

CEPLAC, Cocos nucifera , fruits, XII-2008 (1♀), XII-2009 (1♀); Fazenda Barra, Theobroma cacao , XI-2007 (1♀); Fazenda Bela Vista, Psidium guajava , IV-2007 (1♀), XI-2007 (1♀); Fazenda Kamuí, Cocos nucifera , XI-2007 (1♀); Fazenda Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora, Carica papaya , VII-2007 (1♀).

Female.

Five specimens measured. Dorsal shield 351 (335-399) long, 226 (192-302) wide, j1 28 (27-29), j3 33 (31-37), j4 14 (12-15), j5 14 (11-15), j6 18 (15-20), J2 18 (14-21), J5 9 (8-10), z2 20 (18-22), z4 28 (27-30), z5 14 (11-15), Z1 25 (21-27), Z4 46 (41-52), Z5 64 (58-67), s4 41 (37-44), S2 30 (26-36), S4 25 (19-27), S5 12 (9-14), r3 20 (18-21), R1 16 (15-17); distances between St1-St3 64 (62-65), St2-St2 61 (60-63) and St5-St5 72 (69-74); ventrianal shield 109 (102-114) long, 64 (62-66) wide at level of ZV2 and 61 (59-63) wide at level of anus; movable cheliceral digit 33 (30-35) long, with 3 teeth; fixed cheliceral digit 28 (25-30) long; calyx of spermatheca 22 (15-24) long; Sge I 15 (10-18), Sge II 18 (15-21), Sge III 28 (25-30), Sti III 18 (16-19), Sge IV 44 (39-47), Sti IV 21 (17-29), St IV 62 (58-70).

Remarks.

Setal measurements were not given in the original description. Measurements of the specimens collected are similar to those of McMurtry (1983), except for the longer Z1 (16-17 in the latter); they also agree with the redescription given by Moraes et al. (2013).